Conscripts of modernity the tragedy of colonial enlightenment /

Scott, David, 1958-

Conscripts of modernity the tragedy of colonial enlightenment / [electronic resource] : David Scott. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2004. - 279 p. - e-Duke books scholarly collection. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Futures past -- Romanticism and the longing for anticolonial revolution -- Conscripts of modernity -- Toussaint's tragic dilemma -- The tragedy of colonial enlightenment.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.




James, C. L. R. 1901-1989. Black Jacobins.
Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803.


Postcolonialism--History.
Historiography.
History--Philosophy.
History--Periodization.
Literature and history.


Electronic books.

F1923 / .S36 2004